He is Risen!
Jerusalem Radio
Easter Sunday 33 A.D.
NEWS FLASH
Reports have just been received that the criminal, Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified
on Friday, last, has been seen alive. The report has thrown the city into complete
confusion, as he often did during his lifetime.
Some say that his followers have stolen the body and buried it elsewhere and the guards on
his tomb have admitted to being asleep for a least some of the night hours.
Even among his followers there is consternation because they first heard it from some
women folk who went to the tomb in the early morning to find it empty. They recall that he
said on several occasions, while he was alive, that he would rise from the dead. Since
this is totally beyond their experience, they have no way of knowing if it is true.
It had been their hope that he would be the one who would free Israel from the Romans and
for that reason they admired him as a hero.
Others saw him as a vagrant preacher with little else to do, while the chief priests saw
him as an enormous threat to the established religion. They really resented it when he
threw the moneychangers out of the Temple, and when he made scurrilous remarks about them
and claimed that prostitutes and even tax collectors would get to heaven before them. The
last straw came when he claimed to be the Son of God.
As for his followers, they are regarded as a bunch of
ne'er-do-wells and with their leader gone, put to death by his own people, they are in
disarray.
Despite all that, his many achievements during his lifetime give some basis for the
astounding claims now being made in his name. We hope to keep you updated on this
extraordinary story. Stay tuned.
P.S. Easter 2005 - Do you know people for whom it is still merely a rumor? As always,
begin with yourself. |
